Federal Circuit Vacates Rejection By Board Of Patent Claims

Mealey's (December 17, 2018, 1:44 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An examiner’s decision to reject 24 claims of a patented set of locks for securing luggage was erroneously affirmed by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the Federal Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Dec. 12 (In re:  David Tropp, No. 17-2503, Fed. Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 34905)....